Boldo Leaf Oil
Peumus boldus
Odour
Strong, spicy-hydrocarbon-like odor, somewhat reminiscent of American wormseed oil.
See also
Notes
Has powerful therapeutic effects and can be harmful even in small doses. Oil from dry exported leaves differs from oil distilled from fresh leaves at origin. May disappear from use as it does not present interesting or unique notes.
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#### Boldo Leaf Oil.
The small tree, **Peumus**** ****Boldus**, grows wild in Chile, South America. Its leaves are collected for pharmaceutical purposes, and an essential oil is steam distilled from them. The oil does not seem to have found a place in perfumery. The leaves are commercially available from the
larger international suppliers of botanical drugs, and the essential oil is thus also distilled in Europe and the United States. However, the oil from dry (exported) leaves is slightly different from the oil distilled from fresh leaves on the place of origin.
**Boldo**** ****Leaf**** ****Oil**** **is yellow and has a strong, spicy-hydrocarbon-like odor, somewhat reminiscent of American wormseed oil. The oil has powerful therapeutic effects, and it can be considered harmful to the human organism even when used in very small doses.
**Boldo**** ****Leaf**** ****Oil**** **may completely disappear from the perfumer's or the flavorist's shelf (if it ever has been there) since it does not present very interesting or unique notes.